Image Sources to Spice up Your Content (Part Two)

Part one of this post relates to images you need to pay for. However, that is not the case for all. There are many sites that you can use, which not only give you a wide range of pictures, but all for free.

When you are using sites for free images, there are a few things that you must keep in mind. Copyright issues need to be kept in mind. The clear rule is if you didn’t click the picture, you didn’t produce it, which means you don’t own it. In this case, you need to give attribute to the artist, regardless of the source you use it for. The license should be read carefully to see if you can reproduce the image. The only way it should be used is in its original form. This especially relates to Creative Commons licenses, where there are a variety of ways for the artist to give permission. Listed below are some free sites, you can easily browse and spice up your sites content!

Freedigitalphotos.net

Small images on the site are free and there is a brilliant range in these. They are both high-quality and low-cost.

Google Image Search

There are various choices of images on Google’s Image search. When you click on the Search tools option, you will be able to search by color, type, usage rights and size. These could have copyright images. However, you will find many images on Google that have different usage rights.

Morguegile.com

This site contains high resolution digital stock photography, which is free. It can be used for either corporate or public use.

Stock.XCHNG

On this site you will find over 395,000 stock photos. You can easily search by photos, categories or country users. The site also features a variety of tutorials on image editing and stock photography.

Free Range Stock

You can sign up for free and use the images for both commercial and non-commercial use.

Creativecommons.com

This is a nonprofit organization and allows artists to share their knowledge and creativity through free legal tools. Other photo sharing sites such as Flickr also have the option to search by the Creative Commons license.

Hubspot

From time to time, this site also gives away images to use, without having to worry about licensing and attribution.